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Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

I study the role and impact of open approaches to Intellectual Property for a Sustainable and Equitable Bioeconomy. My work focuses on better understanding problems facing researchers accessing biological research tools in low-resource contexts, particularly Latin America and Africa. My team develops innovative technologies for local, distributed manufacturing of enzymes to improve access and build capacity for biological research. The broader aim of my research is to contextualize “open source” approaches to biotechnology within current narratives of innovation and the bioeconomy policy agenda.

 

Synthetic Biology

Cambridge Analytical Biotechnology group

My research is centered around local, distributed biomanufacturing of enzymes to enhance global capacity for biological research and advance applications in health and sustainability. Ongoing projects include developing open source DNA toolkits for recombinant protein expression using synthetic biology-based platform technologies, high-quality protein purification in low-resource contexts, open source microbial strain engineering, CRISPR-based molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases and enzyme-based carbon capture and upcycling.

 

Senior Research Associate
Shuttleworth Research Fellow

Contact Details

Room 4.18, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Philippa Fawcett Drive
Cambridge
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